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PROJECT: Foodbank app
CLIENT: Global Foodbanks / Redemption Media

Foodbank app dedicated website: http://foodbankapp.co.uk

“Within 1 month we have seen around 100% increase in donations due to our use of the Foodbank app” Canterbury Foodbank

The Foodbank app is the first native app to support the JustGiving donation platform. Making it really affordable and simple for Foodbanks to receive financial donations.

As an experienced and successful app development company, we at Redemption Media decided to use our skills to develop a smartphone app that allows our local Foodbank to communicate which items they require and how urgently, so that supporters would always have the Foodbank shopping list at their fingertips.

We launched the Sheffield S6 Foodbank app in December 2012 and the app has resulted in both an increase in food donations and a better matching of what is needed to what is given. The app has also allowed the Sheffield S6 Foodbank to communicate with supporters when they need volunteers or have good news items to share.

After the success of our local app, we wanted to give other Foodbanks the opportunity to benefit from this excellent resource so we decided to roll out the app to the rest of the UK – We launch the app nationwide on 3rd March 2014.

Supporters go to the Apple App Store (iOS users) or Google Play Store (Android users) and download the Foodbank app for free. They are then asked to select their local Foodbank from a dropdown list and are then able to see the unique shopping list, news items and information for that Foodbank.

Staff at each Foodbank have their own content management system and can update their shopping list, add information and even send notifications (instant messages) to supporters as frequently as they wish.

With over 40 Foodbanks signed up to the app and more being added every week, we are really excited about the impact that the app will have on the work of the Foodbanks nationwide. We are really proud of the technology that we have developed to support this app and have integrated several new features that we hope will make the app even more effective. For example, supporters can use the app to set a weekly alarm to remind them to pick up items for the Foodbank when they do their weekly grocery shop.

As uptake of the app increases, we have plans to add additional features and provide resources to the Foodbanks to help them use the app to maximum effect. We also hope to offer the app to Foodbanks in other nations across the world.

“We have found the Foodbank app to be an invaluable tool to raise awareness and support with local community groups such as schools and churches, resulting in increased donations” Hartlepool Foodbank

“We have seen more people collecting or shopping for the items we have specifically listed as in short supply for that week or month. We have found the app to be a brilliant resource to our Foodbank and would thoroughly recommend it to others looking for extra ways of engaging with Foodbank supporters in the local community.” Sheffield S6 Foodbank